Breeding habitat and landscape correlates of frog diversity and abundance in a tropical agricultural landscape

Wetlands

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1079-1087

  Da Silva, Fernando Rodrigues ^a   Gibbs, James P ^b   Rossa Feres, Denise De Cerqueira ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Brazil; Conservation; Hierarchical partitioning; Scale; Temporary pools

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING SITE; CATTLE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FROG; HABITAT RESTORATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYDROPERIOD; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURE RESERVE; POOL; RANCHING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOAD; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOS;

EID: 84863724988     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0217-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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